Max reckons with New Amsterdam's past. Bloom and Reynolds treat a patient in an unconventional relationship. Sharpe decides to take a stricter approach to parenting her frustrated teenage niece. Iggy tries to connect with a patient desperate to have gastric bypass surgery.

Max and Sharpe go public with their relationship at the hospital. The team struggles to handle an overcrowded and understaffed ICU. Iggy's overly critical feedback alienates his residents.